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Nephila Builds a Portfolio of Weather Risk Transfer Contracts

Bodily, Samuel E.; Coleman, D. Matthew

QA-0844 | Published September 23, 2015 | 5 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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The weather team at Nephila Capital Ltd. (Nephila) was in the midst of the weather market’s busy winter renewal period. The list of weather risk transfer contracts that needed to be analyzed and priced seemed to be growing by the minute, and one team member is devising a plan to price each deal on its own merits of risk/reward. The counterparty’s bid would reflect the willingness of the contracting party to pay for a weather hedge, and none would pay more than the bid amount. Nephila wanted to meet the needs of each counterparty, but only if Nephila earned a requisite return on capital. If the bid amount were not high enough to be attractive to Nephila, the team would need to convey that news to the counterparties. Did these new deal opportunities offer something more to Nephila beyond their individual numbers?